CCP has addressed connectivity issues in EVE Online in a megathread on their forums.
The issue apparently stems from DDOS attacks from over a week ago,
“Our teams and partners have constantly been working on minimizing the interruption to our services, however, the experience for many pilots have still been suboptimal. Please accept our sincere apologies for the inconvenience it has caused you.”
There will be three stages to the status of issues: on-going > monitoring > resolved. Here are the issues as of this writing:
Issue: In-game Chat Not Working Properly Status: ON-GOING Comment: We made changes that should help restore the chat functionality. Please report any odd in-game channel behavior in this thread.
Issue: Unable to Connect Status: ON-GOING Comment: We are aware that a subset of players is still unable to connect to the game properly and are working on improving the situation for those affected.
Issue: Lag and Disconnect Status: ON-GOING Comment: We are aware that some players are experiencing a higher rate of disconnects and latency problems. This is under investigation.
